At this moment, there was only one thought in my mind—

“Brother Yang, is it almost time?” I asked.

I felt that the day Brother Yang spoke of seemed to be drawing closer and closer.

Looking at it comprehensively, on that day… Brother Yang believed he would lose his memory, then liberate this place.

These two extremely contradictory viewpoints lingered in my mind for a long time, but ultimately I couldn’t connect them together, so I simply gave up thinking and only followed the rules Brother Yang set.

I was perhaps clearer than anyone in the “Land of End” that Brother Yang’s power had already surpassed “Heavenly Dragon.”

Although he didn’t have “Heavenly Dragon’s” formidable divine power, he could rely on his own wisdom to maneuver for so many years. For a human, he had already reached the limit of what he could achieve.

“Originally the time was about right…” Baiyang shook his head. “It’s just unfortunate that now I still need to consider the future for a few troublesome ones.”

“Troublesome ones…?” Something Brother Yang had said to me before suddenly came to mind.

He said he had spent almost his entire life rushing about for others. Was it still the same now?

“Ten thousand ‘Daos’ isn’t a problem, but three contracts are too difficult…” Baiyang pondered. “After all, the ‘Dao’ problem can be achieved through my own efforts, but the ‘contracts’ depend on him…”

“Brother Yang…” I said. “Although I don’t know who you’re rushing about for, I suggest you love yourself more.”

I might have gone mad. I was pointing fingers at Baiyang’s actions.

“Love myself…” After hearing this, Baiyang frowned slightly. “Loving myself isn’t enough. I have a reason I must get out, and this reason means I cannot die here.”

“Brother Yang… you have a ‘reason you must get out’?”

“Yes, she’s still waiting for me. I cannot stop.” Baiyang said again.

His gaze became slightly dull for a moment, but quickly returned to normal. His entire person was unspeakably strange.

My back was slowly turning cold at this moment. Brother Yang seemed to have already, within this long passage of time… turned himself into another person.

“Br—Brother Yang…”

I didn’t know how to word things now to verify the doubt in my heart. After all, it seemed my memory had already diverged from Baiyang’s.

“Why that expression?” he asked me.

“I forgot to ask all this time before… you… have you… gotten married?” I said cautiously.

“Married…?” He paused slightly and didn’t answer directly. Instead, after being dazed for a few seconds, he said in a deep voice, “I have a wife. My wife is still at home waiting for me.”

“What…”

I swallowed. Was Baiyang’s current state right or wrong?

Before, this situation should only have appeared in the dreams he had while zoning out, but now he was starting to become confused in the real world too.

Should I remind him or not…?

I lowered my head and thought for a long time, then finally raised my head and said softly:

“But Brother Yang… do you still remember who I am?”

“You…” Baiyang opened his mouth slightly and seemed to hesitate for a long time before slowly uttering three words: “Yan Zhichun?”

After he finished speaking, his expression changed as if he had seen something extremely terrifying. He immediately lowered his head and clutched the hair on top of his head tightly with both hands, looking extremely pained.

“Br… Brother Yang?”

As soon as the words fell, I immediately froze in place.

Because the scene before my eyes suddenly changed, and Brother Yang also disappeared from before me.

I discovered that Old Sun and I were in a building.

“Little sis… what’s wrong with ya?” Old Sun asked me.

“Huh…?”

I looked around in terror, my heartbeat suddenly accelerating.

Where was this? What was happening?!

Where was Baiyang?

Seeing that I wasn’t speaking, Old Sun opened his mouth again: “Why ya still standin’ there in a daze? Little sis, didn’t you have somethin’ to tell me?”

“O—Old Sun…?” I said, eyes wide. “This is…”

“It’s me!” Old Sun also looked at me puzzled. “What’s wrong with ya?”

Did I… zone out again?

But why did this time feel so strange?

I stood up and surveyed the house before me. It looked somewhat familiar.

But zoning out wasn’t my first time experiencing it after all. As long as I pretended nothing happened, my memory would quickly return.

“Old Sun, how are things on Ruoxue’s end?” I asked, feigning calm.

“Ruo… xue…?” Old Sun was stunned. “Who’s that?”

“Hm…?” I paused. “Jiang Ruoxue… aren’t you both operating in that area?”

“What the…” Old Sun muttered softly. “I thought we just met today. Turns out you even know where I operate?”

The situation didn’t seem quite right… Old Sun and I just met today?

An extremely terrifying feeling suddenly rose in my heart.

“Old Sun… are you ‘Extreme Path’?” I asked.

“‘Extreme Path’…?” Old Sun’s eyes went blank. “I’m not. Little sis, you’ve heard of ‘Extreme Path’ too? Looks like their influence really ain’t small…”

What kind of joke was this…?

What year and day was it now?

Baiyang looked like he’d gone mad. Had I gone mad too?

“Old Sun!”

I reached out and grabbed the other party’s arm, then raised my head. Before me was Gu Yu’s face.

We were standing on a deserted street. He looked at me with an astonished expression.

“Zhichun Jie… what’s wrong with you?”

“I…”

My entire body began to tremble slightly. I couldn’t even speak a single word.

“Is there some problem with that Wen Qiaoyun?” Gu Yu asked. “I only heard she’s a leader, so I wanted to ask you about her. If you don’t want to say, you don’t have to. I’ll just ask someone else next time when I come back from ‘Vortex City’.”

Stop joking around…

What was wrong with me?

What Wen Qiaoyun…

Who could come save me?

“Gu Yu…” I said with a trembling voice. “Ji—Jiang Ruoxue?”

“Xue Jie?” He scratched his head. “She was just here a moment ago…”

He looked around: “How about you wait here, and I’ll go help you find her?”

“Ok… okay…” I nodded with lingering fear. “Bring Ruoxue to me… please…”

Only Ruoxue could save me… Although I didn’t know what exactly Ruoxue could do… having her here would make me feel much more at ease.

I really seemed to have gone mad… What day was it now?

Why was I constantly drifting between different scenes…?

Why did I never have memories of these periods?

“Zhichun Jie, Xue Jie is here.”

After hearing this, I grabbed it like a lifeline and hurriedly turned to look.

“Hey! Wife!”

The familiar voice rang in my ears. I instantly felt much more at ease, but just as I was about to speak, all the images suddenly vanished. Baiyang stood before me.

He was clutching his forehead with his hand, quietly waiting for the pained expression to pass.

After his complexion gradually eased, he opened those terrifying eyes and looked at me: “Yan Zhichun… how could I not remember you?”

I don’t know why, but hearing this sentence, I unconsciously took a step back.

“Ask less about what you shouldn’t ask.” Baiyang said with a grave expression. “You only need to remember that I will ensure you are ‘forever safe’.”